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I think his rating of 176 at its peak was fair but Faugheen is better than that rating now. Perhaps in Ireland we got carried away with the likes of him and danoli due to having far less horses to win a grade one in Britain
Mullins will have at least two mares line up in the mares hurdle. Probably three, Annie Power, Petite Parisienne and Morning Run being the most likely in my opinion. I wouldn’t rule out morning run at 25/1 of coming second or third. Just look at what jennies jewel managed to do to all the so called good British mares, and I believe morning run is a far superior horse to jennies jewel. On that basis morning run is a horse I would put in an each way line.
P.S he might also run gitane du berlais but that horse is useless as is petite Parisienne, and it would be considered not more than a selling hurdle if either of those two were considered each way bets for the mares race.
Mike how would the speed figures translate into an official rating? His speed yesterday was 6 higher than ever before, does that mean he ran 6lbs better than ever? If so it seems I’m fairly accurate in judging that as a 181 performance as his current rating is 174.
They all just talk through their pockets on it. Like you I’m sanjust an observer to some of the rubbish talked on it. Someone today for example suggesting that Graham Wylie should sent Nichols canyon to a different trainer because of his defeat today. Nonsense like that. Sam twiston Davies gets far too much criticism on it too.
Stilvi I think the Bartlett still has an open look. Upforreview was seriously impressive on his last outing. Hard to know where to go with some of these horses.
Rob it’s not just Mullins. Identity Thief (who isn’t champion hurdle class) managed to win the fighting fifth. Tombstone looks a serious animal too. And jennies jewel as I said managed to comfortably beat some well thought of British mares. Jezki is out for the season but would be better than any British challengers.
I’ve done the forecast of faugheen and arctic fire. Three best 2 mile hurdlers in the world fighting it out today. Just think Nichols canyon caught faugheen when everything went perfect for NC. I know he fought it out well against identity thief but I don’t believe a repeat of that would be good enough to beat arctic fire into second.
Two more Irish horses breeze home in a grade 2. Vroom vroom mag was a given but for Jennies Jewel to destroy the rest of the British mares in the way she did is the most embarrassing reflection on the standard of British hurdlers currently
If it all goes well for him he has the potential to win everything but will probably end up winning **** all
4. He doesn’t chop and change from hurdles to chase or mess about too much with distances. Other trainers could run a horse in a 2 mile Chase this week and a 2.5 mile hurdle the next week then run a month later in a 4 mile national or something. Mullins lets horses get used to a certain discipline instead of changing them
Is that why Vautour is entered in the Champion Chase at 2m, Ryanair 2m5f and Gold Cup 3m2f?
If anything happens to Un De Sceaux then Vautour will probably end up over 2 miles
If Djakadam disappoints in any way Vautour will probably end up over 3m2f.
If both stable companions are in A1 condition Vautour will probably end up over 2m5f.Mullins changes targets and distances according to what else he’s got in the yard. Just like any other trainer does.
Ginger he has vautour entered all over the place but will not run in the champion Chase. He always enters horses in loads of different races but id be more looking at where they end up running rather than where they are entered months beforehand.
Would anyone be surprised if ballycasey used this to perhaps try get a lower mark for the grand national? Couple of terrible runs before the time could see him drop a couple of pounds which might make all the difference. I could be miles off but I wont back him. Same could be the case with Boston bob. RULE THE WORLD is the one for me. Mouse Morris trained with Jack Kennedy on board
Few very simple things that keeps him successful. 1. Obviously he has good horses but he puts them in the right races and rarely runs them unless they are ready to go and win.
2. He doesn’t bother wasting his time with low grade handicaps. He doesn’t train bad horses
3. Consistency in jockeys. He has a very uniform format. Patrick rides the bumper horses then as they progress they are guaranteed to have ruby, Paul, Danny Mullins or David Mullins riding them. Unless they are gigginstown or JP horses of course. Other less successful trainers aren’t as consistent with their jockeys which I believes makes a difference.
4. He doesn’t chop and change from hurdles to chase or mess about too much with distances. Other trainers could run a horse in a 2 mile Chase this week and a 2.5 mile hurdle the next week then run a month later in a 4 mile national or something. Mullins lets horses get used to a certain discipline instead of changing them
